The 15 Hottest Products at CES 2009

Our army of editors and analysts who took CES by storm last week is still recovering from the hours and hours spent traversing the show floor. We saw hundreds of terrific products, as our photoblog reveals. But which ones are we still buzzing about at the water cooler? Here are our top 15.

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Our army of editors and analysts who took CES by storm last week is still recovering from the hours and hours spent traversing the show floor. We saw hundreds of terrific products, as our photoblog reveals. But which ones are we still buzzing about at the water cooler? Here are our top 15.

1. PALM PRE
Deemed the hottest product at CES by our editor-in-chief, the Pre boasts a new people-centric OS that consolidates contact information from various sources and makes it easy to connect with people in any number of ways (IM, text, e-mail, phone, Facebook, etc.). Add to that a large multitouch screen, powerful processor, accelerometer, hidden QWERTY keyboard, GPS, 802.11g Wi-Fi, and 3.2-megapixel camera, and you've got the most innovative smartphone since the iPhone. (Price undetermined)

2. SONY LIFESTYLE PC
Move over, netbooks. Sony's stylish, 1.4-pound system offers an 87 percent keyboard and an 8-inch LED with a native resolution of 1,600 by 768, allowing you to view three file Explorer windows with no overlap. The processor isn't the most powerful, but battery life is impressive. ($899)

3. MSI X320
If you want a MacBook Air but can't afford one, here's your answer. It looks very similar to the Air, but costs half as much. This 2.9-pound system offers a 13-inch widescreen, a 160GB, 5400 RPM hard drive (expandable to 250GB) and an Intel Atom Z520 processor. ($800 to $1,000)

4. DELL XPS 16
This gorgeous media center PC earns our Editors' Choice for its design, home-theater features, and a vibrant RGB LED 16-inch widescreen. The keyboard is illuminated, right down to the mouse buttons. A Blu-ray reader is included, and the system offers both HDMI and DisplayPort technologies. ($1,804)

5. SONY CYBER-SHOT DSC-G3
This is the first Wi-Fi camera with a built-in Web browser, allowing users to access the many Wi-Fi networks that require you to accept terms from HTML pages. The DSC-G3 also streamlines the process of uploading pictures and video to popular sharing sites. ($499)

6. VIZIO VBR100
The big news here is that Vizio's first Blu-ray disc player is expected to sell for a jaw-droppingly low priceunder $150when it's released in April. The VBR100 is loaded with features, too, including an Ethernet port and 1GB of storage, allowing it to offer BD-Live streaming multimedia support. ($199 list)

7. SAMSUNG 8000 SERIES 240-Hz LED HDTV
Samsung's 8000 series combines two cutting-edge technologies: 240-Hz frame-rate technology, in which pixels are updated twice as fast as current 120-Hz screens, and LED technology, which offers higher contrast ratios, slimmer designs, and lower power consumption over traditional LCD models. (Price undetermined)Next: Products 8 - 15

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